Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital
12251 S. 80th Ave., Palos Heights, IL · Nm · · NPI 1043600026
$14.70
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$21.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$2.88 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] vs $18.00 with HEALTH ALLIANCE [181] — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS BLUECHOICE PREFERRED | $2.88 | ↓ -80% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS SELECT | $2.88 | ↓ -80% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS BLUECHOICE OPTIONS | $2.88 | ↓ -80% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | PH BCBS PPO | $3.46 | ↓ -76% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS PPO | $3.46 | ↓ -76% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $3.87 | ↓ -74% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH AETNA IL PREFERRED | $6.10 | ↓ -59% |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS [1402] | PH BCBS HMO | $7.04 | ↓ -52% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS HMO | $7.04 | ↓ -52% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH UHC CORE | $8.15 | ↓ -45% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | PH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $9.00 | ↓ -39% |
| CARELON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [159] | PH VALUE OPTIONS BHO | $9.00 | ↓ -39% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH UHC ALL OTHER | $9.20 | ↓ -37% |
| MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HLTH [136] | PH MAGELLAN BHS | $10.80 | ↓ -27% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | PH MULTIPLAN/PHCS | $12.60 | ↓ -14% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | PH FIRST HEALTH | $13.50 | ↓ -8% |
| COMPSYCH [112] | PH COMPSYCH | $13.50 | ↓ -8% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL BHS | $14.40 | ↓ -2% |
| BEECHSTREET [176] | PH BEECHSTREET | $14.40 | ↓ -2% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | PH HFN | $15.30 | ↑ +4% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $18.00 | ↑ +22% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $18.00 | ↑ +22% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | PH BCBS PAR/INDEMNITY ADP | $18.00 | ↑ +22% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $18.00 | ↑ +22% |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $18.00 | ↑ +22% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $18.00 | ↑ +22% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $18.00 | ↑ +22% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | PH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $18.00 | ↑ +22% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $18.00 | ↑ +22% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE [181] | PH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $18.00 | ↑ +22% |
| OPTUM/UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH [157] | PH UBH BHS | not published by hospital | — |
| GLOBAL EXCEL [1712] | PH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| ALTERNATE BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADV [2304] | PH MEDICARE | not published by hospital | — |
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Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $61.79 | $2.23 – $50.36 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | $279.65 | not published |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $61.15 | $2.56 – $97.30 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $61.28 | $2.23 – $97.41 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $48.00 | $1.04 – $24.57 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $61.44 | $2.23 – $97.17 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $61.22 | $2.23 – $86.07 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | Elgin | $61.39 | $2.56 – $110.14 |